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Select the top green-filled shape and apply a temporary outline. Select the Contour Tool and drag any of the red arrow handles a little towards the center to apply an Inner Contour. Change the Number of Steps to 1 and press Enter to apply the change. Move the Contour Width slider to 8pix. With the contour selected, pick Convert to Editable Shapes from the Arrange menu and then Ungroup from the Arrange menu. With both shapes selected, set the outline to none and apply a white fill to the inner shape.

Select the inner white shape with the Transparency Tool (F6). Hold down the Ctrl key and drag down a small distance to just before the end of the white shape. The Ctrl key constrains the direction of the Linear transparency.

Select the green shape with the Transparency Tool, apply a Flat, Stained Glass transparency and change the Transparency slider setting to 20%. Clone the white highlight shape (Ctrl k).

NOTE: When you enter a numerical value in any of Xara's text entry boxes, you need to press Enter to apply the change. But if you move any of the sliders, the changes are automatically applied.

Using the Ellipse Tool (Shift F4), create an ellipse 336 pixels wide by 32 pixels tall. With the ellipse selected, pick Convert to Editable Shapes from the Arrange menu (or press Ctrl Shift s).

With the ellipse selected, switch to the Shape Editor Tool (F4). Drag a selection rectangle around the 2 center and 1 lower control points then press the Break at Points icon on the Infobar. Delete the top arc.

Create two new shapes, a 14 pixel circle and a 10 x 12 pixel ellipse. Copy any of the Circular chrome fills then Edit > Paste Attributes to the circle and the ellipse. Duplicate the ellipse and circle (Ctrl d) and arrange them circle, then ellipse as shown on the bottom.

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